Ponta Preta is a headland in the northwest of the island of

Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whos ...

, Cape Verde. It is about 3 km northwest of the town of Tarrafal, and marks the northwestern limit of

Baía de Tarrafal Baía de Tarrafal or Tarrafal Bay is a bay of the Atlantic Ocean on the northwest coast of the island of Santiago in Cape Verde. The town of Tarrafal lies at its southeastern shore, and 643 m high Monte Graciosa rises from its northern shore.

(Tarrafal Bay). There is a lighthouse on the headland,

Farol da Ponta Preta Farol da Ponta Preta (the Ponta Preta Lighthouse) is a lighthouse in the northwesternmost part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde, Santiago, Cape Verde. It stands on the headland Ponta Preta (Santiago), Ponta Preta, 3 km northwest of the c ...

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Preta Preta ( sa, प्रेत, bo, ཡི་དྭགས་ ''yi dags''), also known as hungry ghost, is the Sanskrit name for a type of supernatural being described in Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Chinese folk religion as undergoing sufferin ...